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Unit Five: Judicial Branch

Common Writing Assessment: Persuasive Position of Supreme Court Case

Essential Questions

Chapter 18
  1. What are the structure and fuction of the national judiciary?
  2. What are the structure and jurisdiction of the inferior courts?
  3. What is the Supreme Court's jurisdiction, and how does the Court operate?
  4. What are the special courts, and what are the jurisdictions of each?

Chapter 19
  1. How does the Constitution protect the rights of individuals against government?
  2. How does the 1st Amendment protect the freedom of religion?
  3. What are the limits on the guarantees of free speech and free press?
  4. How has the Supreme Court ruled on assembly and petition cases?

Chapter 20
  1. Why is the concept of due process important to a free society?
  2. How does the Constitution protect the freedom and security of the person?
  3. What protections does the Constitution set out for persons accused of crimes?
  4. How does the Constitution set limits on the punishments for crime?

Chapter 21
  1. How have various minority groups in American society been discriminated against?
  2. How has the interpretation of the guarantee of equal rights changed over time?
  3. What is the history of civil rights legislation from Reconstruction to today?
  4. How can American citizenship be attained and how has immigration policy changed over the years?

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Unit Five Vocabulary Terms

Chapter 18
 The Federal Court System

inferior courts

jurisdiction

plaintiff

defendant

original jurisdiction

appellate jurisdiction

judicial restraint

precedent

judicial activism

criminal case

civil case

writ of certiorari

brief

majority opinion

concurring opinion

dissenting opinion
Chapter 19
 Civil Liberties - First Amendment

Bill of Rights

civil liberties

civil rights

Establishment Clause

Free Exercise Clause

libel

slander

prior restraint

injunction

shield law

symbolic speech

petition

civil disobedience
Chapter 20
 Civil Liberties - Protecting Individual Rights

due process

search warrant

discrimination

probable cause

writ of habeas corpus

bill of attainder

ex post facto law

grand jury

indictment

double jeopardy

Miranda Rule

bail

capital punishment

treason
Chapter 21
 Civil Rights - Equal Justice Under Law

segregation

Jim Crow

separate-but-equal doctrine

affirmative action

quota

reverse discrimination

citizen

naturalization

alien